Diablo III on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

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Guide to getting Diablo III running on Ubuntu 18.04.

Prerequisites:

  1. Updated GPU Drivers
  2. Wine, Wine Dependencies
  3. DXVK
  4. Lutris
  5. BattleNet

Update GPU Drivers (NVIDIA)

Execute

$ ubuntu-drivers devices

and take note of recommended version and update with either of the two:

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

$ sudo apt install driver name

Reboot

Vulkan API

$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440 libnvidia-gl-440 libnvidia-gl-440:i386
$ sudo apt install libvulkan1 libvulkan:i386

Reboot

Wine, Wine Dependencies

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
$ wget -0 - https://dl.winehq/org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
$ wget -nc https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

DXVK

double check these are updated in system:

  • libgnutls30:i386
  • libldap-2.4-2:i386
  • libgpg-error0:i386
  • libsqlite3-0:i386
$ export WINEPREFIX=/path/to/.wine-prefix
$./setup_dxvk.sh install

LUTRIS

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lutris

Create a Lutris account.

BATTLE NET

Download windows installer for Battle Net or search and install in Lutris program.

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